De Cecco is an Italian company producing dried pasta, flour and other related food products.

[1] The company was founded in 1886 by the De Cecco brothers in the small town of Fara San Martino in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.

Nicola De Cecco originally produced flour at his stone mill before establishing the pasta factory.

In 1950, De Cecco completed a new factory in Pescara to meet the increased demand that occurred after the war.

A plan that provided for the reorganization of the group with the entry of external managers, in particular a CEO, also in view of an expansion in the USA.